Cold War Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty

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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty Is also known as INF What is INF? INF is a treaty that eliminated all nuclear-armed ground-launchedballistic and cruise missiles The ones that got eliminatedare between the ranges of 300 and 3,400 milesand their infrustructure It was the first treaty for nuclear arms to actually eliminate nuclear weapons. They did it this way instead of makingceilings that could not be exceeded Who was involved with the treaty? The INF Treaty was signed by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev When and Where did they sign the treaty? Negotiations with NATO established that these thing have to be in the treaty

Provide equality on both limits and rights of the United States and the Soviet UnionStrictly bilateral and exclude the British and French systemsLimit systems on the whole globeNot effect NATO coventional defense capabilityBe effectively berifiable They signed the treaty on December 8th, 1987 They signed in a summit meeting in Washington Soviets didn'twant to sign itat first unless NATOrevoked their deployment decision By July of 1980 the Soviets change postion Why would they sign a treaty? This was signed to end the Cold War It was also signed to eliminate a class of weapons and have in depth verification program So What Global ban on US and Soviet missiles 500-5500 kilometers For the first time in US treaty historyhad a verification measures that permittedU.S. inspectors on Soviet soil,and on US soil That inspectors can enterUS and Soviet missile facilites This was an endto the cold war Enlighten some issues from the past